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What are some more interactive ways to teach ELA skills and Writing skills?

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How to use Padlet for units and/or writing portfolios

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This works well to plan writing or explain a chain of events. Supports Google sign in.

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Price includes a bundle discount of $30; package includes:

1 year of digital access to Drama Works! Online (1 Single Teacher License)

1 Companion Book of Lesson Plans

1 Creativity Cards (box set)

1 Vocabulary Cards (box set)

DW Overview | Compare Components | FAQ | About the Author Book Preview | Sample Lesson | Creativity Cards Preview | Vocabulary Cards Preview

Approved by the Texas State Board of Education to teach the K-12 theatre TEKS! The only state-approved textbook for grades K-8! ( Details)

Drama Works! Online by Jonas Basom is a comprehensive, web-based curriculum program for teaching theatre, English language arts, and arts integration for all subjects and ages. Made for the modern digital classroom, this online textbook features lesson plans and visual aids to project and/or print, including posters, flash cards, and handouts. The user can login anytime from computer, tablet, or phone to access a wealth of resources that will last for years to come. The 150 lesson plans include more than 1200 drama games, activities, and projects, with variations for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. There are thousands of fun and effective ideas for integrating creative drama in all school subjects, including all of the arts.

Curriculum planning resources include detailed alignments to state and national content standards in arts and literacy. The program was designed to align with the National Core Arts Standards, Texas theatre standards (TEKS), and Common Core ELA, with more alignments added each year. Extensive cross-indexing allows the user to create lessons by searching for activities that connect to drama skills, theatre arts categories, school subjects, learning styles, and grade levels. Hundreds of point-and-click links help the user discover valuable resources and related content. Drama Works! Online includes detailed teaching strategies for arts integration, assessment, learning styles, and literacy development. The complete classroom management system maximizes student engagement, creativity, and safety. No previous drama experience is required.

Drama Works! Online adds annual updates to content and features based on user feedback. Standards alignments will be added and/or revised so that Drama Works! stays current with changing standards. Users that renew their license each year will have access to the updates and stay connected to a growing curriculum that responds to its users' needs.

Drama Works! Online is part of the Drama Works! Teaching System. It contains the complete curriculum in the form of an online theatre textbook, including digital versions of the contents of the Companion Book of Lesson Plans, Creativity Cards, and Vocabulary Cards. It is available as a stand-alone product or in combination with the print components.

Note: Drama Works! Online was previously known as The Drama Game File, which is now discontinued. Discover what's new: compare the two products here.

Drama Works! Online Features:

150 lesson plans (digital and printable 1-page versions)

1200 total activities including variations

3000 fun and effective integration ideas for all school subjects

Standards alignments to state and national content standards in arts and literacy

Visual aids to project or print: posters, flash cards, and handouts

Creativity Cards (digital version): 500 color-coded cards in 10 categories

Vocabulary Cards (digital version): 300 color-coded cards in 4 categories

Glossary of theatre and literary terms with definitions

Complete system of classroom management

Detailed teaching strategies for arts and literacy

65 indexes organize lessons by skills, subjects, learning styles, and grade levels

Drama Works! Companion Book of Lesson Plans by Jonas Basom contains the 150 printed lesson plans from Drama Works! Online. The lessons include more than 1200 activities in total, including variations for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Using the 65 indexes in the back, the teacher can quickly look up lessons by 25 drama skills, 12 theatre categories, 11 school subjects, 11 learning styles, and 6 age/grade level groups (preschool to college). The book also includes the glossary of theatre and literary terms with definitions.

The companion book allows the user to save time and money by not needing to print from Drama Works! Online. It provides offline access to the lessons without a computer and without needing to login. The teacher or substitute has instant access to complete lesson plans ready to read and lead. The lessons were designed to align with the National Core Arts Standards, Texas theatre standards (TEKS), and Common Core ELA.

The practical design includes a durable and flexible plastic cover and back to protect the book's contents. The plastic tabs make it easy to flip to any of the 8 sections. The rear pocket is designed to store supplements, printouts, and teacher notes. The smooth plastic coil-binding holds pages securely in place and flips around to lay flat on any chosen page, making it easy to hold or photocopy.

The Companion Book of Lesson Plans is part of the Drama Works! Teaching System. It is available as a stand-alone product or in combination with the other digital and print components. It is designed to use as a companion to Drama Works! Online, which contains the complete curriculum in digital form, including substantial additional content and updated standards alignments.

Drama Works! Companion Book of Lesson Plans Features:

150 lesson plans (digital and printable 1-page versions)

1200 total activities including variations

3000 fun and effective integration ideas for all school subjects

Glossary of theatre and literary terms with definitions

65 indexes organize lessons by skills, subjects, learning styles, and grade levels

Custom durable plastic: cover/back, tabs, binding, and rear pocket

Measurements: 10″ x 11.25″ x 1″, 2lbs

Drama Works! Creativity Cards by Jonas Basom provide instant ideas and story starters for drama, the arts, and literacy for students of all ages. These 500 colorful cards inspire creative expression, build vocabulary, and develop literacy skills. With bonus ideas on many cards, there are more than 1300 choices provided. The cards are organized in 10 color-coded sets: people, animals, creatures, things, emotions, personalities, mannerisms, activities, settings, and objectives.

The cards provide starting ideas, acting choices, and details for improvisation, storytelling, art projects, creative writing, and teaching grammar (nouns, verbs, and adjectives). Acting and guessing words on the cards expands students' vocabulary with our "See It - Hear It - Do It" method. The cards were designed to align with the National Core Arts Standards, Texas theatre standards (TEKS), and Common Core ELA.

The Creativity Cards are part of the Drama Works! Teaching System. Drama Works! Online includes a digital version of the cards to project or print. This box set version includes cards that are bigger, brighter, and more durable. The larger 3×5 size makes them easy to read from across the room, yet small enough to comfortably hold in hand. These cards include more detail than the online version, including categories, bonus choices, examples, and wild cards. The durable, portable box includes 10 tabs for easy organization and an instruction booklet with 100+ activity ideas for arts education (theatre, dance, visual arts, music, and media arts) and literacy development (reading, writing, speaking, and listening).

Drama Works! Creativity Cards Features:

500 durable cards (3×5 size)

10 color-coded categories, 50 cards each

Bonus ideas on many cards: total of 1300+ ideas provided

27 subcategories to connect with specific topics

Wild Cards to add your own ideas to any set

Master Lists for quick reference

Instructions for 100+ activities for arts integration and literacy

Durable, portable box with plastic tabs for easy organization

Measurements: 7.5″ x 5.5″ x 3.5″, 4lbs

Drama Works! Vocabulary Cards by Jonas Basom include 300 colorful cards that define standards-based theatre and language arts terms for students of all ages. The cards were designed to align with the National Core Arts Standards, Texas theatre standards (TEKS), and Common Core ELA. The cards are organized into 4 color-coded categories including performance, production, literary terms, and genres (theatre history, literary, and media arts). Additional subcategories allow the teacher to sort and connect with specific topics such as technical theatre or poetry. Many cards include bonus details such as phonetic pronunciation and examples for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of students.

The Vocabulary Cards are part of the Drama Works! Teaching System. Drama Works! Online includes a digital version of the cards to project or print and lesson plans to teach the terms. This box set version includes cards that are bigger, brighter, and more durable. The larger 3×5 size makes them easy to read from across the room, yet small enough to comfortably hold in hand. These cards include more detail than the online version, including pronunciation, categories, and examples. The durable, portable box includes tabs for easy organization and an instruction booklet with 75+ activity ideas for arts education (theatre, dance, visual arts, music, and media arts) and literacy development (reading, writing, speaking, and listening).

Drama Works! Vocabulary Cards Features:

300 durable cards (3×5 size)

4 color-coded categories, 75 cards each

12 subcategories to connect with specific topics

Theatre and literary terms with definitions

Detailed examples of terms for beg/int/adv levels

Master Lists for quick reference

Instructions for 75+ activities for arts integration and literacy

Durable, portable box with plastic tabs easy organization

Measurements: 5.5″ x 5″ x 3.5″, 2.5lbs

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Price includes a bundle discount of $30; package includes: 1 year of digital access to Drama Works! Online (1 Single Teacher License) 1 Companion Book of Lesson Plans 1 Creativity Cards (box set) 1 Vocabulary Cards (box set) DW Overview | Compare Components | FAQ | About the Author Book Preview | Sample Lesson | Creativity Cards Preview | Vocabulary Cards Preview Approved by the Texas State Board of Education to teach the K-12 theatre TEKS!

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Connecting vocab term to definition

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Record themselves and connect with others for a prewriting activity

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Students can record short videos as a pre-writing activity.

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Flip is a video discussion and sharing app, free from Microsoft.

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Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a video discussion and video sharing app, free from Microsoft, built for classrooms and beyond. Learn more.

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Audio tool to record them reading their writing before submission

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Game based learning. You map out their assignments. They have the power of choice and very interactive.

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https://www.classcraft.com/

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HMH Classcraft pairs ELA and math content with research-based lesson plans resulting in reduced educator planning time and increased student engagement.

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Squiggle Park | Level up your early readers.

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Use commercials to teach skills, i.e. Conflict

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Use commercials to teach skills, i.e. Conflict

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From Lyn
Geico Tarzan Fights with Jane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-_QHCm39_8
Geico South Pole Dora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOgKybYfbX0

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8 pARTS Eduprotocol to teach parts of speech

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8 pARTS Eduprotocol to teach parts of speech

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Here's some information from Bespoke ELA.
https://www.bespokeclassroom.com/blog/2017/4/23/5-pixar-short-films-to-use-in-secondary-ela

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Using shared Google Docs to explore theme

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Using shared Google Docs to explore theme

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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For younger students. Subscription based.

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practice reading fluency

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To continue, Google will share your name, email address, language preference, and profile picture with Fluency Tutor for Google. Before using this app, you can review Fluency Tutor for Google’s privacy policy and terms of service.

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Both for mathematics and for ELA.

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Freckle by Renaissance - Differentiation Platform for K-12

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Accelerate literacy equitably with differentiated resources.

K-12 coverage of standards and skills

Over 1,000 nonfiction and fiction passages that adapt to each student's level

Teachers can assign a specific standard for some or all students to practice

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Freckle by Renaissance | Reach Every Student at Their Level

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Freckle helps K-12 teachers differentiate instruction and reach every student at their own level across Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science.

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How about blogs? Use the hashtag #comments4kids to go ahead and get comments for your students.

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Give your students a global audience to improve writing

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Before playing the games, make sure your blog is ready for visitors.

1. You have lots of interesting posts for visitors to read and comment on.

2. Visitors can find posts by using tags or categories on your sidebar.

3. You have a visitor widget to see where your visitors are coming from.

4. You have at least five student and or class blogs from other places around the world on your sidebar.

Game week is all about visiting other blogs.

Remember one of the main aims of blogging includes commenting and carrying on conversations with the author of posts and their other readers.

A good commenter will have:

read the post carefully,

checked out the links in the post

read the previous comments before they leave one of their own

added to the conversation with a quality comment - remember that video from Mrs Yollis' class.

included a link to their own blog or a similar post on their own blog

This is a game we have run for many challenges and allows you to connect globally. Those who have taken part in a challenge before know the game of ' Count Out Three '. Here are the instructions:

1. click on a blog on the student list or class list- count one

2. now click on a blog from the new student's blogroll - count two

3. finally click on a blog from that new blogroll - count three

4. leave a comment on an interesting post at this third blog.

Teachers: If you are moderating student comments, please make sure you are up-to-date with that this week as students can be very disappointed when they think they have no comments, yet many are in the moderation queue ready to be published. Remember to check the spam section in student blogs as comments with links in them often get put in spam.

Students: Make sure you are also replying to any comments that have been left for you.

Do this activity at least three times and finally, write your own post saying which blogs you visited and which posts you left a comment on. Why did you choose that post? Remember to include a link back to the post you left a comment on.

Here is how wrote their posts for this challenge a few years ago. Notice how Jazzy included links in her post.

looked at the blog overall, not just the posts.

Many great student posts are being flipped to the 2018 #stubc Flipboard magazine, but I am not sure how many of you have actually checked them out. So here are the instructions for this game.

1. Click on the flipboard magazine link here

2. Click on the post title of what looks like an interesting image or a catchy title

3. You should now be taken to the actual blog post, read it and leave a comment

4. Come back to the magazine again and repeat two more times

Write a blog post mentioning the blog posts you read and the comment you left.

Get to it - start visiting and leaving quality comments that show you have read the post.

How many quality comments could you leave this week? Can you leave 10, 20 or maybe 50?

Write a post about the commenting you have done this week or throughout the challenge so far.

Create a list of great comment starters to help new students to blogging. There are some lists on the web but try to create your own. Here are a couple of examples from Anne Davis:

Another thing to consider is.......

I can relate to this.......

This makes me think of.......

Write a quick post then include 5 great examples of comments as part of the post - use some interesting comment starters for each comment.

Leave a link to the URL of a post you wrote this week about the games.

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Before playing the games, make sure your blog is ready for visitors. You have lots of interesting posts for visitors to read and comment on. Visitors can find posts by using tags or categories on your sidebar. You have a visitor widget to see where your visitors are coming from.